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A patronal feast or patronal festival [a] [3] (Spanish: fiesta patronal; Catalan: festa patronal; Portuguese: festa patronal; Italian: festa patronale; French: fête patronale) is a yearly celebration dedicated – in countries influenced by Christianity – to the 'heavenly advocate' or 'patron' of the location holding the festival, who is a saint or virgin.
In the Catholic Church, several locations around the world invoke the patronage of the Immaculate Conception. Catholic diocesan authorities with the expressed and written approval of the Pope in countries including the United States, Brazil, Korea, the Philippines and Spain designate the Blessed Virgin Mary as their principal patroness.
It has the rank of a solemnity in the Catholic Church. It is a feast or commemoration in the provinces of the Anglican Communion , [ 1 ] and a feast or festival in the Lutheran Church . Saint Joseph's Day is the Patronal Feast day for Poland as well as for Canada, persons named Joseph, Josephine, etc., for religious institutes , schools and ...
Westminster Abbey is dedicated to Saint Peter. The vast majority of the 16,500 [1] churches in the Church of England are dedicated to one or more people. Most are dedicated to a single 'patron saint', such as Saint Peter or The Virgin Mary, or one of the persons of God, such as Holy Trinity, Christ Church, or The Good Shepherd.
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles; Albany, New York (Immaculate Conception) Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Antipolo, Philippines (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage) Austin, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland Apostleship of the Sea, Baltimore - Stella Maris (Our Lady Star of the Sea) [1] Bismarck, North Dakota
The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as San Gennaro Festival, is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy, New York. [1] His feast is celebrated on 19 September in the calendar of the Catholic Church. [a] [3] [4]
The ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite is a regulation for the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. It determines for each liturgical day which observance has priority when liturgical dates and times coincide (or "occur"), which texts are used for the celebration of the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the hours and which liturgical ...
The Church of England celebrates 29 June as a festival. [12] The Lutheran churches celebrate it in the rank of a lesser festival. [13] Because of the importance of Sts Peter and Paul to the Catholic Church, many Catholic-majority countries observe their feast day as a public holiday.